Workshop Applications

2020 Workshops

The Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter POSTPONED

Dates: June 15-20, 2020

Location: Boston

Objective: This one-week course will provide speech-language pathologists with an introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in relation to the assessment and treatment of stuttering. Therapists will also be equipped to deliver Palin PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy), an evidence based therapy programme for young children who stutter.

Workshop Faculty: Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc, BA (Hons), CertMRCSLT, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children

Conference Coordinator: Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, Boston University

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation, the University of Maryland, College Park, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dates: July 20-24, 2020

Location: College Park, MD

Objective: To provide speech-language pathologists with skills and practice to assess disfluency and to effectively treat stuttering in children and adolescents.

Workshop Faculty: Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland, College Park

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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The Stuttering Foundation Iowa Workshop for Faculty Development:

Designing Coursework and Clinical Experiences in the Nature & Treatment of Stuttering POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and The University of Iowa

Dates: June 8-11, 2020

Location: Iowa City, IA

Objective: This four-day workshop will provide faculty and graduating doctoral students with practical strategies for developing undergraduate and graduate courses and clinical experiences in stuttering for students in Communication Sciences and Disorders degree programs.

Workshop Faculty: Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland; Jennifer Watson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Texas Christian University; and Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, University of Iowa.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Bob Love

Bob Love has dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.